HFF Flycast, May 2021

Greetings from Darwin, it’s hot! Most days are averaging 350 but as the dry season has arrived at least it isn’t humid any more. Lovely to catch up with the family again, especially our two year old granddaughter who is…
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
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Greetings from Darwin, it’s hot! Most days are averaging 350 but as the dry season has arrived at least it isn’t humid any more. Lovely to catch up with the family again, especially our two year old granddaughter who is…
Most, if not all of us will have heard and seen the devastating effects of the recent flooding; businesses, livestock, homes and precious memories have been lost.
But we are at our best in adversity don’t you think?
Friends, neighbours, emergency personnel and yes, strangers have come to tirelessly assist those in need as it was at Ron and Dawn’s.[...]

March was meant to be a busy month for the Club but Hughie sent us a great deal of “Pennies from Heaven” that changed our plans. As it turned out we were still busy but not as pleasantly as anticipated.The…

I have been busy. Bonnie bought me one of those portable all in one fly tying kits for Xmas and this was an incentive to organise all my fly tying gear, sort through materials and, much to her relief, clean…

Welcome to this month’s HFF Flycast Newsletter. First let me apologise for the delay in the January Newsletter. Co-editor Bonnie and newly appointed sub-editor “Izzy” assisted me in the rapid preparation of the Newsletter after our return from Darwin and…

I hope all of you had a great Christmas and a happy New Year’s celebration. Let’s hope that we never experience the problems of 2020 again. COVID19 is obviously going to be with us for the near future however our…

Welcome to our new look Newsletter. We have redesigned our fairly basic newsletter into a new format thanks to our technology wizard, Julian. Bonnie and I (mainly Bonnie) are still stumbling around the keyboard gradually finding our way around and…

This month saw nine of our members check out the venue for November’s outing. Check out the photos and you’ll understand why we are all excited about returning to Shute Hill. Paul, our resident fly tying expert, found the only…

This October edition is largely devoted to our trout release. It is an annual event that takes place through our club’s membership of the New England Trout Acclimatisation Society (NETAS). The trout fingerlings are provided without cost by the NSW…